Jewel-setting.



PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

' w. B. ALLEN.

JEWEL SETTING. APPLICATION rum) JULY 31. 1 906.

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ALLEN, MONERNEY AND COMP SETTS, A FIRM.

OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ANY, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHU- JEWEL-SETTING.

Ito. 836,479.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed July 31,1906. Serial 110.328.5530.

T 0 (all whom, it may concern.- j

Be it known that I, WALTER B. ALLEN, a i citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new i and useful Improvements in Jewel-Settings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to jewel-settings, and I, has for its object the production of a spej cially-arranged assemblage of parts capable of being secured together without the use of solder and having particular construction for the purpose of supporting a precious stone or merely ornamental imitation there of securely against accidental displacement and in a manner to admit the light most ad.- vantageously to exhibit the quality of the gem.

I accomplish the stated object by fashioning and associating various parts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 represents a very much enlarged face view of a number of settings of different shape made in accordance with my invention and arranged, for example, in the back of a comb, such as are commonly worn by women in the hair. Fig. 2 is a rear view to illustrate the passage through the setting for the light from the back. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the settings. Fig. 4 is a top view of the tubular gem-holder, showing its branches or fingers. Fig. 5 is a side view of the tubular gem-holder before its bottom has been expanded.

Like letters are used to refer to the same parts throughout the description and drawings.

The letter A designates the back of a comb ornamented by jewels and settings made in accordance with my invention. The material of the comb is pierced by a number of funnel-shaped holes a, and in those holes are placed the tubular gem-holder B, comprising the branches 1) at one end and having when in its final position the expanded lower mouth I).

The branches 1) of the gem-holder receive the stone O upon them, and the jewel is secured by the cap-ring D, which engages and incloses the edge of the jewel and the ends of branches 7). The lower edge of ring D is j turned inwardly below the jewel, the ends of 1 branches 1) of the tubular holder. When that is done, the ring and gem and tubular j holder are permanently secured together and may be handled as one piece. The tubular portion of the holder being inserted in the orifice a of the comb and its lower mouth I) being expanded, as shown in Fig. 1, the setting is thus effectively secured through the comb, and any number of such settings may be arranged to present an ornamental esign, if desired. The cap-ring or keeper D covers only the edge of the stone, and the light from above falls freely upon the facets of the gem. In addition the light reaches the stone by way of the passage through the tubular holder B, and to that extent aids in setting off the brilliancy or color of the jewel. Having thus described my invention and explained the mode of its operation, what I claim is 1. In a jewel-setting, the combination with a plate or base having a funnel-shaped orifice, of a tubular gem-holder having one end rovided with divergent branches adapted to hold the gem, the said gem-holder being fashioned to fit the orifice in said plate and having an expanded mouth upon the lower surface of the said plate whereby the gemholder is secured in the plate, substantially v as described.

2. In a jewel-setting, the combination with a plate or base having a funnel-shaped orifice, of a tubular gem-holder having one end provided with divergent branches adapted to hold the gem, a cap-ring inclosing and engaging the ends of the said branches of the gem-holder, the said gem-holder being fashioned to fit the orifice in said plate and hav ing an expanded mouth upon the lower surface of the said plate whereby the gem-holder is secured in the plate, substantially as described.

3. In a jewel-setting, the combination with a base, of a tubular gem-holder connected with the said base, the said gem-holder having branches adapted to receive a jewel, and a cap-ring constructed and arranged to inclose the ends of the said branches and the edge of the jewel whereby the jewel is sesured in place, substantially as described.

4. In a jewel-setting, the combination with a plate or base having an orifice, of a tubular gem-holder provided with expanded months arranged upon opposite sides of the plate I In testimony whereof I afiix my signature whereby the gem-holder is secured in the in presence of two Witnesses.

plate, one of said ex anded mouths of the I gem-holder being adagted to hold a gem, and I WALTER ALLEN 5 a cap-ring constructed to inc'lose and engage I Witnesses:

the said gem-holding mouth of the germ FRANK I. BABOOOK,

holder, substantially as described. i ANNIE A. WHEELER. 

